Welcome to Storybook Corner, a monthly flash fiction prompt held on the 21st of each and every month. This post will give you this month’s prompt.
Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to write a story based on the prompt below.
The goal is to end up with a story with a beginning, middle, and end that falls anywhere between 300 and 500 words in length.
Make every word count, but don’t fret too much if you can’t hit the word count. Sometimes stories refuse to be constrained. Sometimes those are the only stories worth telling.
Try to read as many of the other stories as you can in the time you have available. We all work hard on our stories and like to share our work with as many readers as possible.
This month’s prompt will be the following image:

There used to be a building around this fireplace/chimney, but it’s long gone. This is all that’s left.
Happy writing, minions.
July 22nd, 2014 at 3:26 AM
I may be able to use this for my Derek story.
July 22nd, 2014 at 11:17 AM
i finally have more than one day off this week. i will def spend it creating something wicked for your pic:) thanks for hosting this. i miss your 6on 6. next month maybe?
July 23rd, 2014 at 10:08 PM
Definitely next month. Somehow slipped my mind this month. By the time I realized it it was already too late in the month to bother. I did create a logo for it though that I just posted a sneak peek of to my facebook author page.
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July 23rd, 2014 at 2:18 AM
I’m happy to discover your blog and this prompt. I had great fun with it!
July 23rd, 2014 at 10:09 PM
I’m glad you could use it for your story. Hope to see you again next time.
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August 8th, 2014 at 8:05 AM
Adam, how did I not know you do this? What fun!